Somalia has been ensnared in conflict since civil war broke out in 1991, which has seen opportunistic groups like Al-Shabaab rise and struggle to be in power to impose its harsh version of Islamic law across the Horn of Africa country.

AMISOM troops stationed in Somalia have been fighting the Islamist group, so as restore Somalia back to being a safe haven for its citizens.

Al-Shabaab has launched several attacks on the AMISOM soldiers’ bases including Ugandan, Burundian and the deadly January 2016 attack against Kenyan soldiers in El-Adde.